A police officer and a man were both injured during an armed confrontation Saturday evening in Hamilton.

The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. at a residence in the Ainslie Wood West neighborhood on West Main Street, just south of Osler Drive.

The Hamilton Police Service (HPS) said the officer was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after responding to a 911 call in which he was confronted by a man armed with a gun.

They also said a man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has since invoked its mandate, HPS said.

The SIU is called upon to investigate when police are involved in an incident that results in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the shooting of a firearm at a person.

More details to come…